22.03.2013The ex-President of Moldova, Chairman of the Communist Party MP Vladimir Voronin says he doesn’t really see a particular need for holding consultations with the Liberal Democratic Party to launch the procedure of discharging Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu.

Bendery. The Joint Control Commission (JCC) for the Transnistrian Conflict Settlement has resumed work after a summer vacation. Its first working meeting, held here on Thursday, began from a minute of silence in commemoration of Russian peacekeepers killed in action in South Ossetia last month.

Having analyzed the August events at the Caucasus and compared them with the Moldo-Transnistrian conflict, Transnistrian JCC Co-Chairman Oleg Belyakov expressed apprehension for the future of his republic.

“We have all seen Georgia with its scenario: first you change the format of peacekeeping operations and then you quit from the program of common actions. The peacekeeping operation that was conducted in South Ossetia is very similar to that in Transnistria. And we must analyze all elements that had led to an armed conflict”, said Belyakov.

In his words, “Today, the JCC’s chief objective is to mobilize all efforts for the organization of new peaceful operations to prevent a new armed conflict on the Dniester”.

He voiced discontent that “Moldova holds military exercises with Ukraine, NATO – with anybody but not us, invariably leaving Transnistria somewhere in the backyard”.

On the Transnistrian delegation’s initiative, at its next working meeting the Joint Control Commission will consider a plan of main organizational undertakings by the joint headquarters and the military contingents of the Joint Peacekeeping Force. The plan envisages organization of joint exercises, training of joint task groups, staying on duty at the joint peacekeeping posts, and the like.

Russian JCC Co-Chairman Victor Shanin said the situation in the Transnistria Security Zone “is calm and, despite some winds blowing from the outside, is under a reliable control by the peacekeeper forces”.